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Sandy Exacts Toll on the Economy

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Josh Mitchell and

Sudeep Reddy

Oct. 30, 2012 5:29 p.m. ET

Sandy is delivering a blow to the U.S. economy that will reverberate for weeks, disrupting commerce in the nation's most-populous region, destroying billions of dollars' worth of property and likely boosting gasoline prices.

Along the East Coast, some restaurants, car dealers and other retailers are likely to see sales slip. Many workers aren't being paid for lost hours. Shipments of goods through eastern seaports and airports are being delayed.